Interesting timing for the last post...
I think the "point" of buying a Salsa is that
its blade is most certainly shorter than 3 inches.
I have a delica I bought about 6 months ago which,
until recently, was a blade I considered to be the
shortest I would ever carry. I still love it, and
it's EDC most days.
But the blade on it seems to be a hair over 3 inches.
Maybe the new delicas are shorter - I don't know. I
do know that I wouldn't want to lose the knife to
confiscation because a LEO (or whoever) measures it, and
deems it to be longer than 3 inches. Besides, losing the knife
to confiscation could end up being only the beginning of some legal
hassles I don't care to ever have to deal with.
So, last week, after handling a Salsa at a knife show,
I bought one. It has a relatively large handle, so I
feel more comfortable holding it (vs. a dragonfly, which
has a handle too small for my hands). To me, it's
Spyderco's solution to wanting a seemingly substantial knife
(i.e. the handle is large) with a blade that's absolutely
shorter than 3 inches - but larger than a too-small 1 to
2 inch blade.
I like it much better than I thought. Originally, I wasn't
too keen on Salsas, either (I really don't care to
have a green, blue, cranberry knife!). I bought the "tan/brown"
color, which looks to me like grey - which is less
cartoonish than the other colors. To each their own,
in preference...but I like traditional black/grey in knife colors.
